Glossary
- PA
Performance Administrator/Administration - This component allows a centralized control point for querying the performance data in the fabric.
- PEM
Privacy Enhanced Mail - This is a file type (*.pem) used for securing emails and other data. It ensures message confidentiality, authenticity, and integrity.
- PKey
Partition Key - This is a unique ID assigned to an InfiniBand or vFabric partition.
- PM
Performance Manager/Performance Management - This is the Fabric Management entity responsible for monitoring fabric information related to the port and virtual lane level counters and the picture that they convey.
- PMA
Performance Management Agent
- QSFP
Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable - This is a compact, hot-pluggable transceiver used for high speed data communications applications.
- RAID
Redundant Array of Independent Disks - This is a data storage virtualization technology that combines multiple physical disk drive components into one or more logical units for the purposes of data redundancy, performance improvement, or both.
- RDMA
Remote Direct Memory Access - This technology enables two networked computers to exchange data in main memory without CPU intervention.